Aug 25, 2020 | BBC Proms 2020
Tuesday 25 August 2020, BBC Radio 3 @ 7.30 p.m. Recorded at Royal Albert Hall on 04 September 2009 The following review was written by me, Colin Anderson, attending the concert for The Classical Source; it is republished here with a few small amendments… Anyone...
Aug 24, 2020 | BBC Proms 2020, News
In light of the recent speculation about the Last Night of the Proms, we are today announcing the programme for the concert. We very much regret the unjustified personal attacks on Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor made on social media...
Aug 20, 2020 | BBC Proms 2020
Sir Colin Davis (1927-2013) holding his pet iguana (with possibly the skeletal remains of a critic looking on!) Thursday 20 August 2020, BBC Radio 3 @ 7.30 p.m. Recorded at Royal Albert Hall on 13 September 2001 If I may be anecdotal for a moment, Colin Davis was my...
Aug 20, 2020 | BBC Proms 2020, Guest Contributors
Wednesday 19 August 2020, BBC Radio 3 @ 7.30 p.m. Recorded at Royal Albert Hall on 10 August 1997 Guest Writer, Ateş Orga Twenty-three years ago. Kensington Gore. A hot August Sunday. Three o’clock. Milling crowds. Evgeny Kissin waiting in the corridor. A slight...
Aug 18, 2020 | BBC Proms 2020
Tuesday 18 August 2020, BBC Radio 3 @ 7.30 p.m. Recorded at Royal Albert Hall on 20 August 1994 The second pre-Classical Source Prom rebroadcast today, Günter Wand’s Bruckner being the other. One of the most spiritual and saintly of conductors, at this Royal Albert...
Aug 18, 2020 | BBC Proms 2020
Tuesday 18 August 2020, BBC Radio 3 @ 3.35 p.m. Recorded at Royal Albert Hall on 09 September 1995 A concert too early for a Classical Source review, so here are some fresh words from yours truly on what was Günter Wand’s final BBCSO Prom. Wand (1912-2002) was a...
